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ppeppa
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do you know anyone in this old photo of Reads Tin Works? I know there is A Robbie, and Brian, Joe and Mary. Cant remember others names (sorry) was never good with faces and names[/img]
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ppeppa
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BOBHAMO wrote:welcome ppeppa .great photo , think my mum worked there in the sixtys ,are you a bootle buck ??? , bobhamo
thanks for the reply bob ..... I dont even know if Reads is still standing ... I left 38 years ago ... so am not a spring chicken now ... by the way what was your mums name ... even tho I might not remember
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loko
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hi/ppeppa i know joe smith.can,t place the other faces.i worked in reads
(keg +drum)in the 60s.met my wife there,all her family worked there
their name was reid,brothers jimmy,tommy and dad jimmy,betty my wife.
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ppeppa
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loko wrote:hi/ppeppa i know joe smith.can,t place the other faces.i worked in reads
(keg +drum)in the 60s.met my wife there,all her family worked there
their name was reid,brothers jimmy,tommy and dad jimmy,betty my wife.


Thanks for your answer loko.... :oops: cant remember you ... know all the Reids tho .. and Joe ... I went to Tommies (then) engagement ...to my best friend Teresa Welsh ... I worked at top of oven ... the "Nut" now do you remember me... :wink: ... hope everyone is well ... how they all doin .... jeeeez musta been a centurary ago :lol: Jimmy used to tease the life outta me just to make me blush :oops: and he did ... good ole days ............
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ppeppa
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BOBHAMO wrote:HI PPEPPA MY MUM MARIE HAMILTON WORKED THERE BUT DONT KNOW FOR HOW LONG , THINK SHE USED TO DO SOLDERING , ON TINS ?? HI LOKO , IS IT JOE SMITH FROM SEAFORTH , LITHERLAND , NOT A BAD FOOTBALLER , ??BOBHAMO
Hiya! Bob... sorry dont remember A Marie Hamilton .... and as for Joe Smith being a good footballer are you talkin now or then :lol: ... surely not the same Joe Smith ... if you mean now :wink: methusella :P dont tell im I said that ... anyway thanks again ... for the reply take care now ...
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loko
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hi/ppeppa sorry dont remember you,i was a setter on line 6 working
with bobby redfern.sad to say but tommy reid passed away 5 years
ago.(loko).
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ppeppa
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loko wrote:hi/ppeppa sorry dont remember you,i was a setter on line 6 working
with bobby redfern.sad to say but tommy reid passed away 5 years
ago.(loko).
thanks for coming back with more info Loko.. sorry very sorry to hear about Tommy .... they were really good times ........ Georgie Jones was setter on line 6 in my time ... followed by Gerard Joyce .. my ex....... so you musta joined Reads after I left .... I was there from 1963 to 1970. Is Reads still standing? ... I heard it closed down.
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loko
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hi/peter no must be another Jimmy Reid.
ppeppa;reads was pulled down years ago,houses build there now
I worked there 1961 to1965,georgie Jones took over from me after
he helped get me the sack;but thats another story.(LOKO)
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ppeppa
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loko wrote:hi/peter no must be another Jimmy Reid.
ppeppa;reads was pulled down years ago,houses build there now
I worked there 1961 to1965,georgie Jones took over from me after
he helped get me the sack;but thats another story.(LOKO)
O dear! so it wasnt all fun for you working at Reads.... but maybe he done you a favour anyway .... and you ended up with a better job .... I mean the only way was up from there .... and come to think of it ..... we must have crossed paths .... somewhere in there over the years 63/65 .... I dont remember a dull day working there ... problem was the money was crap .... well thanks again for the info
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smhel6
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hi to all ex readers,i worked there in 69 on biscuit tins,and i had an accident and lost a bit of my finger,and i was pregnant at the time,i was known as helen bebbington then
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Eddy Lloyd
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Health and Safety now days would not allow you to work on biscuit tins Helen no wonder you fell. :D :D :D
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marielou
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2 of my brothers and a sister-in-law worked in Reads, Chris and Tony Williams, sister-in-law Marion Hughes worked in the office.

My Brothers worked their till it closed down 1986-87.

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Margy
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I started working in Reads in Sept 70 and was there until it closed in the 80's. My dad worked on line 4&6 and line 5. Sisters Sue and Ruth also worked there. If anyone remembers me get in touch.
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Dave Could you ask MACK to put this photo on the site for me. It was taken about 1962-3 at Reads Tin Works, I am the one with the Red beard, I was there for 12 months I do not remember the other names.

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JPS
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Hi u lot from Reads, any chance u puttin ur real names on site ,so we can c if we no anyone... ppeppa,loko smhel6....thnx
Margy wot is ur dads name...
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silverfox3448
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the small guy with glasses looks familiar, i think his name is mick and married my mates sister (nee fryer) lived in chelsea rd.
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loko
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JPS, did you work in reads tinny,if so what department and year.
what does JPS stand for,(LOKO)
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JPS
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Hi LOKO,
yea i wurked thr round bout 65,66,67, in the keg an drum,...wot LOKO stand for i asked first...lol....was a gd m8 of poor tommy reid, an tressa walsh...an arthur fell...
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JPS
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sorry teresa,s name was welsh....
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JPS
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wot dus ppeppa stand for ...only ex tht gerard joyce cud of had was Millie...im i rite....
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loko
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hi/ jps i had left reads before you started,if you were a mate of tommy
reids you should know me.we later worked together on the buses for
many years ,don,t know arthur fell,remember a arthur fleming

L.O.K.O.
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JPS
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u mus b Eddie thn, if ur married to Betty.....yea...was talkin to Betty few weeks ago......arthur flemings name was (well still is i) c him reg, arthur fellmingham, he lives in seaforth...still c him on his bike...... :lol:
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JPS
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were ppeppa gone probly havnt paid the internet, do u no who it is loko.. :?
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JPS
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Margy wrote:I started working in Reads in Sept 70 and was there until it closed in the 80's. My dad worked on line 4&6 and line 5. Sisters Sue and Ruth also worked there. If anyone remembers me get in touch.
Margy wot is ur dads name an wen did he wurk thre
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smhel6
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HI JPS ,MY NAME WHEN I WORKED WAS HELEN BEBBINGTON AND I WORKED ON BISCUIT TINS,AND LOST A BIT OF MY FINGER ON THE FLANGE
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JPS
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Hi Helen wot yr was tht i remem sum one gettin thre hand trapped ,on tht line, :shock:
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JPS
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soz jus seen the yr on nother post...i left b4 u started Helen, it musta been bit of a dangerous line to wurk on....yea :cry:
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ppeppa
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to "JPS" .. first off it wuznt me called you "Methusella" :P ... I cant spell it... :o ... second you cant be oo I think yerrare coz e never ad a senssa uma :lol: .... and as far as a sex change .. go to photobucket and see ppeppa`s pics .... I tried to put piece of video on here without success. c if u c me in practice for xmas show 2007 ... tarra :) ppeppa over and out
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ppeppa
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[Image][/img] ... JPS ..try this .... dont know if this will be ok but somewhere on this clip is ppeppa reheasing a show for xmas 2007 (for residents at a care home in Wigan)click on it and it should play through photobucket if you have it installed ... happy hunting
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JPS
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soz ppeppa, i do have photobucket, but it still wont play...
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JPS
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Hi ppeepa, sorry to hear u ended up in a care home, if there,s anythin i can do to help, jus ask...
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ppeppa
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TO JPS ..... :x I hope that was yur attempt at a joke ... I appen to werk there ... not reside (thank god) ... anyway I gotta stay undercuver ... coz wen me mates find out i have postid tha video... they will kill me .. an well dun to yu if you recognised them coz thems all Wiginers.... :lol: "UNLESS" .... yu a secret woolyback :P ... the ball iz in yur cort ru gonna come cleen or wot...... :)
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